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• cluqtions wPre put to the witness i , I) tesiki `to tho Lords`of tin. 'Treasury who signed corun)lision, &c..none . OtlWhich 'he could answer flecolle6tion. the*witnes; . give money to ,Mr S. Clarke ut4'er t ht., belief that he Was to be reconimended to the Treasury by the . Duke olYork Certainly. Q. Did (he witness ct.nverse',i.vitb any individual Who the meaty; Of corumnnicating with the Lord or any other person in tin, Treasury on iAject,' of his expeEtations up to the time_ when lac went to 111r.-Vernon, to take out his Com-, ?--A. Never. 'Not even to Mr:Vern:on • O. Then the witness saw Mr. Vernon' befOre Coinini6.sion was nwde out ?-;—A. Yes, I knew him. Q. - Between the time of his having paid the pre-' mium Clarke, ~and of his having aBually re coived the CommissiOn,' did he receive any informa tarn frotu n any person in the TreaSory 'that his ex p liatiorts would be favciurably entertained ?—A. - Vernon said to me one Morning, that he be lieved I was-going. to be appointed Assistant Cum tnissiny that the proper domments had been exc. eUted, and that he had no doubt but that the appoint- . ;Twin would take place. Q. '(Ily Mr. Wttcrattesn).When Mr; Vernon notified' to the witness • his app)intmet!t, in what yt..; us did ,he make that notific.iition, and was it ver- ' lid in writing Verbally . . He said to me, " I believe yolt are going to 4e appointed." Q. From whose hands did 'the witness aanally receive the. Wai - rant. of his appointment —41.„ I be , • lieve from Mr. Vil-non.•, There were some fees to pay, but I ain not sore whether those fees Were. paid by myself, air by a friend: _ 11)cs the witness.recollea if -he received his *arrant in any letter trout Mr. Vernon i—A. I be not. (BY Alderman COMBE).—Q. From 'the time that the witness, receivod.his appointment to the present moment, has he ever ascribed the acquisition Wit to any other agent than . Mrs. Clarke I have always studiously avoided ascribing it to Mrs. Clarke. Q. Did not the witness's father represent in the city the same Ward of which Sir BrookeWat.sou wai Alderman ?—A. He did. ..• Q. Does' the witness recollect a conversation which ii`e had with me in Coventry-street, at the top of the , Haymarket, soon after his appointment ?' I recollect seeing Mr; Combe, but I do not • recollea what occurred. Q. Does the witness recollea that I congratulated him on his apppointment ; that I told hilt . ) . I had. heard he had obtained it through the interest of Mrs. Clarke, hut that I expressed my hope it Was - by that of Sir Brooke Watsmil—A. I recollect only the 'congratulation. (By Mr. SITETiIDAN)•. The witness says that '' . he warmly remonstrated with Mrs. Clarke 'on the danger to which she exposed herself by her negel- ceition with Colonel French and Captain' Sande!). Did Mrs. Clarke endeavour to allay his apprehen . slops on her accowit by any intimation that. the Duke of -- York was privy to her taking money*?— A. I' cannot say - what conversation passed,' .except that Mrs. aarke- was very much offended 'with the liberty th.tt I took. (.4, If from respea for Mrs. Clarke's clutraaer l"e remonstrated against her condvai in 1804, why clad he hirtutelf, in I 805', bribe her with 10001. •to obtain art office for ?—A. Becanse she was . in great pecuniary distress, and because the mride of obtaining the , appOintMent remained a secret in iy breast, which nothing 'hut - such- a -circumstance as ;his Could ever have Maw n from me.. (I,Tho I am to understand that the Witness's retrizaistrance was not against the impropriety - of the act, , bot on account of the risk of discovery ?—A4For. both reasons. (fly Mr. BOerrx).-!--Q. What was the occupa- Coo of .tlw ittiess previous to his appointment ' Gluinn,Saiat ?—A, some time without any o_ctniatit?n ; my father's liberality •rendered it mle cobs:it-y.lw to have any particular occupation. \V as` not wanes, a stock-broker in London ? I did exercise for sonic time the occupation of n stock-broke; ; but in CUlliegliCliCj or my stotain nig a great dal of losses by several failures, and particulaily by the witure of a .Mr. Solomon, my fa ther advi , ed me to quit the business. • Was it inconscquenceut labouring under pe culdiry embarra.strrnus in 'the Alley that the wit ess relinquished his oeonpatiOn ?—A. I certainly la boured tuPtW . thc: embarrassment in consequeLce of the rea4Otts already stated. (;;y Mr. l'ElicAvni-).—Did witness settle all (IV-, I( I cocci that :nose in the course of his businesi be tole he qtlitiod the Alley ?—A. I paid the last slid- Iji,gthat was in my possession, but several debis • ~:`due to roe., rikidarly . 4,oool. by Mr. Solo n which of ei;urse disabled me from discharging • dOt1)011tIfi Di I iip()',V. Mrs. Clarke 'before lie left . ti•e 4\114' 1 co tainly Q witnesS lc , .nd Mrs. Clarke any money -be fore iie left the All.r.y ?- 7 A. I did not. Q. TO wliA in .- 60mA did wittier afterwards give ril..ney to Mts. Qlarke 1 first gave her 'Awl. anti ;mei ‘vards $OOl. . a: when did witness arrive 40111 Portugal ? .A Thursday latit,; ciDid witness see 'Nits. Clarke soon after his Tel tun Ycst • • NVIIO was in company with,her yciapg U. What the conversatiun that passo upon • t :. at 64 : L . :t Aon Aniong other topics I lamented the unhappy hittitioil lit tvltich she' Was placed with tesv x-t t o the Billie tot' York, and'expressed 3 stn c:ere w I should taut be called to give any evidence • ' ut) the subjetSr. Dig, tAit,te4s give apy motley to Mill. Clarke , f.inte 1 / 4 t,ics apdointed Commissariat ?—A. 1 cannot olleer. . (Dy Mr. 11. AnnlNc.moN) Did witness re wiwiher Sir Brouke Watson supported his ihtrrelit at the Treasury i—A. Not to my know- Q, (By Sir A. PtczoT) Did witrit!As always repre sent Mrs, alike as the auti.or of his appointment ? .—A. titevvr GI, if ,e v rr tillt Sir Brooke Watson wai the tuezlis of the appointment, • was it possible for him to have forgot it think, if 1 had ever expressed myself to that eftTet 1 would not have forgotten it. Mr. CALCRAFT, addressing hirnself,tO Mr.l7lus kisson, wished to be informed of the usual itiOde of issuing Cornmisspriat Commissions ? • Mr. 'HUSKPiSCIN, after a few words from Mr.. Rose and Lord H, Petty, on the propriety of the question, expressed his readiness to give every in- Nrrnation on this subjea.' 'Sometimes applications were made to the First Lord of the Treasury, some times to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and some, tirnes to the Secretary, who usually kept memo- Tauclums of thetas; till after due deliberation the ap pointments were filled up. He did not ,know that there was such a person as the witness pn the staff,. till he appeared beforeohe Committee this evening. But he belieVe4 that finding his tame on the half.. 'pay 11.1, after his return from Buenos Ayres, the witness was appointed to the situation he held ;it, Portugal, withqut any inquiry being made respea7 ing his title to such an appointment, Mr. SIUIiGES BOUONE could not recolle6 that ever any recon►inendtttion appeared to behalf of the witness, nor had he the most distant conception of the manner by which he. originally„obtained his commission. • Mr. liosmssorr pledged himself, that before the subject Was again brought before the Committee, lie would make himsellacquainted, with all the cir- . cumstances attending the appointment of. the wit ness, a far as they cntild be colleded froth any papers to 9 which he had access. • .Mr. WARnLE felt himself 'so much exhausted and fatigued in the prosecution .of the business he had: underta,ken, that he hoped the Committee would be disposed, tspecially as it was sO near the hour at twelve, when the ,day appointed for a General comaincicl, to come to an immediate adjourn ment. _ _ Mr. BIiC)WAL • disapproved the adjournment, on the ground of the importance of the charges, and that they ought not to hang in a .state of suspense, over the head of the Illustrious Personage against Whom they were preferred. . Sir T. TuaTos thought it indecorous in the Com mittee to proeeed any tUrther this eight, after the • solemn declaration the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Wardle) had made of his unfitness,. from excess of • Mr. CROKER wished to know whether it would Materially 'disarrange the `Hon. Gentleman's (Mr. Wardle) plan of procedure'to call in Mrs. Clarke ? No answer being given, the Hon. Gentleman added, that he would try and prevail on . the Committee to examine that Lady immediately. 'Mr. GRANT was then' called in and examined re lative. to his knowledge Df the transactions of Col. French . and Cant, Sanden, in regard to the levy., He was examined by Mr. Wardle, and his testi mony went to spew, that the letter of. service was procured through the medium of, Mrs. Clarke, but denied hearing either of these; Gentlemen say any thing relative to the 50001. being promised to be given to the Duke of York as soon as the arrears due"tp the levy would be paid by Government. He believed Mrs'. Clarke had received one way or other about 17001. on account of the levy. Mr. PeltgEVAI, way clearly of opinion that Mrs. Clarke should itnmirAiately be called in and examin . ed, for it was on her evidence alone that these Charges rested; and it was by her examination that either the truth or the foliehood of the' case was be!discovered, and he trusted if justice and truth -- were the great ends which the Hon. Gentleman Or. Wardle) had in view, he would accede to this proposition. Mr. WARoLF. declared he bad no other -motive or 'objeet whatever in view, -and would therefore most readiiv agree to the immediate examinatian of • Mrs. Clarke ."r" !".. . The Chairman then ordered Mary Ann Clarke to be called in. Mrs. Clarke • being accommodated with a chair, said, that she had been waiting in an adjoining room for eight hours, , and therefore felt herself so exhausted in body and mind, as to be unable to give any evidence.—On'the cry of adjown, adtoern,' Mr. Ynakn felt it his duty to state to the Com mittee, that evert sort of intercourse between tle witness (Mrs. ClAke) and the preceding witness ought . to bci cut off, and for that purpose be would move the Celmilittee.tp commit her to the ctistody of the Setjeant at .Arms,' till she is brought up again - for exaMinatien. Lord Histgas• PUTTY thought,. the witness ought to be indulged in her application, on the ground of her statement. , Mr. WAtiotz and Mr. Rosa wished the exami nation of the witness to proceed. The SPEAKER was of-opinion that the Committee had a right to use, even in this case, which he be lieved had no parallel in the , History of the House of CoMmons, a discretionary power, and not to leave. it to the choice of the witness to be examined or not. Mr. So eainArt thought, that if the witness was really indisposed, as she stated, that she ought not to hi compelled to, give her evidence. . Mr. WARM% read 3 note which he received from Mrs. Clarke, wherein :she reguested of him to go and see how unable she Was: to give any testimony tb!s - evening. Mt. CROKIIt believed -a communication had at ready taken pee between Mrs. Clarke and the other witnesses ; and, therefore, strongly urged the Corn mittee 16 proceed to her examination: Dili. ADA :41 dehied that to examine her under the circumstances of the case, would answer the great ends of public justice,. and therefore hoped the Com-, 'lnittee would defer her examination. Mr. CANNING perfedly agteed with the Honour able Gentleman who spoke last, in respea that the end of public justice would not be se well answered in examining her 'in her present state of mind, yet : he-thohght it proper te l put a.-question or two to her, coda to ascertain it she- had any 'communication -with any of the other witnesses, and especially with 'the last. L - Mr. WHereasetb signified a wish that she Wipulti not be examined in any shape thisevening. After some otm, i ivations between Mr. CANNING, Mr,'CIIOKEII, and Mr. WIIITIMEAD, on the, sugges tion of Mr. CANNING, Mr..Dowler was again called in and was interrogated by Mr. PaticivAL, if he-had any interview since his exatnination with Mrs. Clarke. To which the witness (Mr.'Dowler) re- Martiett.c.nur. plied, that be had certainly seen and spoken to her, and had drank a glass' of wine with her; and in an .swer to a. question from her, as to the Members who had examined him,, he replied that he did not know them, but that he did not ditiulp to her any part of his examination. It was then agreed to resume Mrs. Clarke's examination on Thursday.. Adioorded at Half-past One. MAILS. ARK VID -1 Due-11 GOttelibUrAil. TET k SU N. *MAW QUIS DICttAI FALSUM AUtIItAT ? LONDON, , WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1809.- An account has been received' at the Admiralty, that the Ahaable Frigate l►av captured a large Ftench Corvette with 200 men on board, and a large quan tity of flour and • ammunition. She 'was bound for Martinique, and Was going north about. As some pprehensi on s seem to have been enter. tained that it was intended to introduce new restric tions on the Press; in consequence of the extreme licentiousness:which have marked some late Publica tions, it is with great satisfa6tion we state, that the Loan CIittNCELLOR declared last night in the House of Lordslihat he conceived the existing Laws were sufficient • to correta abuse, and that farther regula tions' might be... injurious to the just rights of gnglishnien. It was stated in a Paper pf this morning, that Sir C. COTTON had received orders to go ,to the Me diterranean, to take the command of the Fleet, in the room of Lord COLLIN G WOOD, who 4 jt was added, was coining tome.. We are enabled to state posi . - tiiely that there is no foundation fur this report. — Lord COLLINGWOOD is certainly not about to <pit W s command in the Mediterranean. ., • A Cabinet Cotincil was held 'yesterday afternoon, which was fully attended. . Flis MAJESTY has been pleased to appoint CHAS. OAKELEY, Esq. to be His Majesty's Secretary of Legation to-the United States of America. . The KING has. conferred the honour of Knight hood on Doctor CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON, his Ma jesty's Advocate General. Such British troops as had been sent up the court , . try have all returned to Lisbon, with the exception of one regiment, the 40th, which has been ordered to march from Elvas, and to proceed along the coast of Seville, to which place the road was clear of the enemy. • Lord HOLLAND left Lisbm on Saturday,. the 21st. ult.. for Seville, having crossed the river with hissuite, intending to take the advantage of the escort of this regiment.. A meeting of the Merchants interested •in the trade to the Brazils has been recently held, at which the ,f3hairrnan reported many important objeas ob tained on both sides of the water, by which their future conduct in this extensive concern is to be re gulated. TlfettireCtors of the South Sea Company have liberally consented to empower his Majesty's msters to grant at Rio de Janeiro the Company's li cences, which are to be so constructed in their ope ration; as to secure the general proteCtion of the trade to S.butli Atherica. His Majesty's Ministers have ordered the duties on the exportation of all property belonging to the subjects of Portugal, warehoused Great Britain, to be taken otf. A new tariff has been agreed upon at Rio de Ja n61'6,4106 conSiderably teduCes the valuation on which goods of British 'manufatture paid duty in the ports of Brazil, which it is undeistood will be retro-, spfiCtiVe. • A warehousing system, on. a principle similar to our own, is in contemplation, as well as several other • measures of importance, calculated 'in every respeCt for placing the future commercial intercourse with that country on the most liberal and respectable footing. The whole of the regulations, it is fully under stood, are embraced by Lord STRAN,GFOAD, in,the Treaty which he was negociating with the Prince Regent. - - - - • It is stated in a Morning Paper, , that Mr. Charles Farquhar, brother of the celebrated Mrs. Clatke, heretofore known by the appellation Of Captain C; F. Thompson, of the 59th regiment, was, last night, arrested tor a long tailor's bill, at the door of the House of Commons, in Palace-yard, by Dietrichsen and Clark,- of Raihbone-place. The arrest took plaCe at the door of his sister's cLarfot, in which (after Mrs. Clarke had got out) the sOi-disunt Cap lain, and \Yawn, the Sheriff's otlicer, drose away together. • , . FRPEDOM•OI, TM: PRES4.—In consequence of a circular. letter, about fifty persons assembled yester day at the. Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, in 'Order to take into consideration the propriety of forming an institution for suppnrting the Liberty of the Press. Few, persons of respedability ap peared to be present. A well known democratic , orator came forward with a string of Resolutions, which were absurd and•nugatory, an:l as it did not appear that any measures were cowing forward likely to restrain the liberty of the press, or that if there were, such characters were . likely to avert the evil, the meeting, which was one of the most insignifi cant that ever assembled on. .a similar occasion, (twin \died away without any formal conclusion. . TREATItE.—A new Farce; entitled Is lie a Nina? was last night brought for ward at the Hay market Theatre. It is a translation troth the French, by a Mr, GREFUL/113, , W110 translated the Farce of !'he Portrait if Cervantes, AS represented last sea son at Covent-Gsrden Theatre. The piece of last night is too light for regular critici4m, but it is ren dered so entertatning hS FAwoarr and LISTON, that it vk ill proba t biy become very popular. NAVAL NEWS. Liuw..strent; and publisho.l tty WILLIAM A#I,IIGLS, SCitarPs o Sr:mil Median. street, Ciosvenor-uwarag . ,•. • • PORTSMOUTH., FEB. 6.--Arrive4 his Maje.iy*i Ship. Achates, from the West indie.i; also the Daw son, from Plymouth. The Lord Hood, SMITH; and William, - MAIN .% LAN u, for Spain', put hack leaky ; also the HOPe; QOODMAN, from LiVerpool; • . ,PLYMOUTII, Fan. the Ilindostan, of 60' guns, with about Go - Sail of Transports under convoy' . for Portsmouth, basing onboard part of tire Troops that arrived here from Corunna. Arrived here the Clarendon, liAnaus, from New Brunswick, laden with timber and staves, put in to refit, having reeei%cd data .ge by strlking on the rocks at Scilly. Arrived L'gspiegle Sloop of War from tho \Vol ward, having lust her foremast and bowsprit iu late gales ; and the Emerald Frigate.froui'lorb 3 y., Sailed the- implacable and Elizabeth, of 7.1 guns each, for Portsmouth. • A Culter arrived tro►n sea this morning, and ws s driven on shore at the back of St. Nicholas bland, but is expe3ed to be got off- Her name is not kno"' YARMOUTH, Fen. :I.—Sailed the Royalist Sloop • of War, driadne Frigate, 2nd Fury Bomb for the Nore. - Arrived, the Ifrangler and Calypso from a cruizc, and a large French Corve'tte of . 22 Guns. and 9° Alen, la:len with Flour from DUnkirk., bound to Martinique, taken by ,His Majesty's Ship L'AutiP We, after a chace of, thirty-four hours. DEAL, ,FEE. 7.—Came down from the River the Lord Duncan, Lady Castlereagh, and Baring Eds t Indiamen, and sailed with the Perseverance, C ar ' ?mac, and Nottingham East Indiarnen, and the rest of the outward-bound, &c. under convoy of 1/ j 5 Majesty's Ships Castor, Dolphin, and Humber, roc Portsmouth. DISTRIBUTION OF PIt!ZE-MONEY. • I . U To m s t t rl eDanish e sl o op Childers, p rv a te e present and raetctahe lurecapture o the of t L h o e ra F N re e rr son, on her next arriving in port, a nd afterwards at No. ° To the ship Tribune, for the capture of the' Fanrit 03 Stanhope.streut, Strand. board at Plymouth on the g a b, and every day f or Ih rco Months, at No. rz, Upper T mes.street. ' ? Three more American vessels from New Y ork, ver having broken the embargo, are arrived at "i :fho poo: ; their cargoes consist chiefly of 'cotton , ne. - males of these vest' is are the Union, the PliPt u • d before anti the Ann and Francis. They all sailed the new s ffl s o ct e t e e t r s p t a l c ) a k t e h a i c n e v, o .e n s i c . ; i q % k r i e e n a ; r ly ea b ci r y i ti c g o r lo : tnunicatcd. The frequency of these arrivals, 001 the idea of some accommodation with the LTititeu States, has made a strong impression upon several articles of the current market,' which are conse• qttOntly somem hat lowered in price. The Robert transport, T. TuorlN master, 173 ' tons, arrived in the Downs a few days ago 1 11131 ' Calais : the Master reports, that .he sailed 4 0111 Lisbon gth Dec. 180, with 10 sail of transPerli in company, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Myrtle,• with the troops composing Jo NOT'S arrtlY arrived at Q.liberon Ist Jan. 1809, with 21 soil; landed the French troops, and while in the ad ofdis' embarking, tO sail.of transports drove on shore, but bethinks the best'part will be saved. He stilled froio., Quiberon on the . 12th January, with nine cid Transports, parted company at_ sea, put into t l3 ' Scilly Islands .I gth January, sailed again on the Oth' with heavy gales,. from S. end S. W. and was taken by a French lugger Privateer off Beady Head , 16 guns, and 60 men, on the 26th January, i! ° A at eleven P.M. ; was carried into Cal a is on the' 4 f - at eight P. M. He was thrown into prison lais, - and his Ship plundered by the Privatodso le "' the'next day he made a formal p ro t est to t he , ruissariat of Marine and Police, whom he 5 , brOught before and examined w i t h his log book an ship's papers of victualling, &c. a great number °t which were signed by the Major commanding a l° French troops on board that Transport.—He next examined by the Prefecl of Boulogne, who or'', .derpd his release, with his crew. He then static , his having lost his property on board ; for which ti' e owners of the Privateer Were obliged to matte hial e the most ample restitution ; and tha 2d Captain 0 , the Privateer was thrown into prison, to be tried O r plundering that Transport. Boxetts.—.lena Belcher is matched against pun k 4 Sam, and young Belcher against Cropley. Sam ier thatched for 500 guineas, and he is two s tone PI 0 half lighter titan Belcher. The two Belchen oll ,considera6ly the favourites. The following has been sent to us for insertion :"*"' " Although the vcrdid of the Coroner's Ingtl, e- dt has completely refuted all the shameful reports l e have arisen out of the circumstances of a Ferul e Skeleton having been found i n t erre d i n a field t',; parish of Chiswick, we feel it . d ue to t h e irrepro c ,".: able charader of Mr. B. to repeot, that all the 0i ""‘ sions respecting him have proved the most grO t11 , 11i : less, and basely calumnious, and trust that every . 0 '; nourable minded nun will .itse his best en deavo r ,' to trace the oriainal .Propagator of, these rcP O6I : which, though they may have. originated in Rao' malice, appear now to have been industriously pea moted by party malevolence."' BIRTH . Vale °. On Saturday last, tho Lady of t h e }kn. bourn M. I'. of a I)4ughter, M4RRIED. • - On Saturday last, at Sr; Martin-in-the-Fields, 8. 11 ," 1/ ,'; can,' Esq. of Panton-square, to Mita Jane Gordon, clq:0 daughter of Davul Gordon, Esq. of Willow-walk, "'111" Town. DIED. ttiC On the 16th of November last, on his passage fr om West 44.1;c5, Mr. luhn Hall, Surgeon N on of the Ro)al OY'